Overview

• Stephanie Castillo, 36, was arrested July 25 at a Bronx homeless shelter and charged with six counts each of murder and manslaughter in her newborn twins’ deaths.
• The full-term twin boys were discovered on November 9, 2020, behind 1460 College Avenue in the Claremont section of the Bronx with blunt force trauma to the head and spine.
• NYPD detectives maintained the cold case for five years through annual vigils, public appeals and escalating reward offers despite no eyewitnesses or functioning surveillance.
• A breakthrough came when investigators used investigative genetic genealogy to link Castillo’s DNA from a discarded drink can to blood evidence at the scene.
• Officers arranged a funeral for the infants, naming them Zeke and Zane, and Castillo’s arraignment in Bronx court is pending.